Temperature Control -- Worth the Hype or a Gimmick?

[440BB]

As a lower wattage tank vaper using mainly factory coils and having visible juice levels, I haven't had a dry hit in recent memory. As a result, I am not in a hurry to buy into the current generation of TC devices, but will welcome that feature in the future should it become wire independent, consistent and work with my preferred toppers. If I want to use a tank where I cannot see juice levels, it would come in handy.

 

[Flavored]

It isn't a gimmick, works fine. I think a more accurate question would be is it worth the trouble? A good build, well wicked, etc., in Kanthal or nickel gives the same vape, and nickel takes more time/care, is less forgiving on connections and atty's. To each his own . . .

 

[Vooper]

This is actually not true as far as I've seen. There is far, FAR more variation in handbuilt coils than prebuilt coils. Prebuilt is actually a good way to ensure you have at least a working coil.

Maybe if you're bad at building coils.

 

[peraspera]

Maybe if you're bad at building coils.

There has been no shortage of people who have struggled with doing reliable builds for temperature protection that have had a long, successful track record of doing Kanthal builds. Anyone new to temperature protection deserves to know this before spending their hard-earned money on a temperature protected device.

I've sampled at least one head out of six boxes of manufactured heads for the Subtank and two boxes for the Nautilus. All that I have used have worked reliably. The ones I have not used all have nicely spaced wraps.

However, my Subtank Mini's build deck was nearly 1 mm. short of connecting to the base. The replacement base and deck has just a so-so connection. That makes me wonder if someone having issues with prebuilt heads might have a base that is not made well enough to make a solid connection with the heads rather than the issue being a case of bad heads.

 

[retird]

There has been no shortage of people who have struggled with doing reliable builds for temperature protection that have had a long, successful track record of doing Kanthal builds. Anyone new to temperature protection deserves to know this before spending their hard-earned money on a temperature protected device.

I've sampled at least one head out of six boxes of manufactured heads for the Subtank and two boxes for the Nautilus. All that I have used have worked reliably. The ones I have not used all have nicely spaced wraps.

However, my Subtank Mini's build deck was nearly 1 mm. short of connecting to the base. The replacement base and deck has just a so-so connection. That makes me wonder if someone having issues with prebuilt heads might have a base that is not made well enough to make a solid connection with the heads rather than the issue being a case of bad heads.

Great info to pass along.... many have said the same thing about the Mini's build deck in other forums.... I use the ST nano with prebuilt heads and have had no issues with it...

 

[dr g]

Maybe if you're bad at building coils.

A lot of people are. A lot of people who think they are good at it are, too. Across users there is WAY more inconsistency than with prebuilt coils.

 

[peterforpats]

Direct control of temperature has profound advantages in every vapibng application. Saying it doesn't matter with low watts or with a tank is like saying a car doesn't need brakes if it has a weak engine or if there are no other cars around.

no it isn't- bad analogy

 

[NathanielFT]

Maybe not worth running out and getting one now, but when you next upgrade you might aswell since it works with kanthal as well.

Very pleased with TC personally, much more consistent, and also improved flavor over kanthal